royal duke

British

noun

a duke who is also a royal prince, being a member of the royal family

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Eric Pierre, a pastor who teaches fifth-grade English in the Bronx, has taken up an additional title this summer: royal duke.

From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2022

Suspects ranged from low-life madmen to a royal duke.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2016

Two royal princes and a royal duke were accommodated within the House in an irregular manner.

From Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope

He lives at Albert Gate in a house big enough for a royal duke, and is the lord of ten thousand acres in Yorkshire.

From The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm by Anthony Trollope

Diana smiled a little at the suggestion that Max might be the son of a royal duke.

From The Splendid Folly by Margaret Pedler

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